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The true story of an immigrant's murder that turned a quaint village on the Long Island shore into ground zero in the war on immigration In November 2008, Marcelo Lucero, a thirty-seven-year-old undocumented Ecuadorean immigrant, was attacked and murdered by a group of teenagers as he walked the streets of the Long Island village of Patchogue accompanied by a childhood friend. The attackers were out "hunting for beaners." Chasing, harassing, and assaulting defenseless "beaners"--their slur for Latinos--was part of their weekly entertainment, some of the teenagers later confessed. Latinos--primarily men and not all of them immigrants--have become the target of hate crimes in recent years as the nation wrestles with swelling numbers of undocumented immigrants, the suburbs become the newcomers' first destination, and public figures advance their careers by spewing anti-immigration rhetoric. Lucero, an unassuming worker at a dry cleaner's, became yet another victim of anti-immigration fever. In the wake of his death, Patchogue was catapulted into the national limelight as this formerly unremarkable suburb of New York became ground zero in the war on immigration. In death, Lucero became a symbol of everything that was wrong with our broken immigration system: fewer opportunities to obtain visas to travel to the United States, porous borders, a growing dependency on cheap labor, and the rise of bigotry. Drawing on firsthand interviews and on-the-ground reporting, journalist Mirta Ojito has crafted an unflinching portrait of one community struggling to reconcile the hate and fear underlying the idyllic veneer of their all-American town. With a strong commitment to telling all sides of the story, Ojito unravels the engrossing narrative with objectivity and insight, providing an invaluable look at one of America's most pressing issues."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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"Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ojito achieves another award-worthy feat, this time for her treatment of the minefield issue of immigration."
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ojito has done truth an invaluable service. Extraordinary.-Junot Díaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao2014 International Latino Awards FinalistA Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist uncovers the true story of an immigrant's murder that turned a quaint village on the Long Island shore into ground zero in the war on immigrationIn November 2008, 37-year-old Marcelo Lucero, an unassuming worker at a dry cleaners and an undocumented Ecuadorean immigrant, was attacked and murdered by a group of teenagers as he walked the streets of the Long Island village of Patchogue accompanied by a childhood friend. The attackers were out hunting for beaners. Some of the kids later confessed that chasing, harassing, and assaulting defenseless beaners-their slur for Latinos-was part of their weekly entertainment. In recent years, Latinos have become the target of hate crimes as the nation wrestles with swelling numbers of undocumented immigrants. Public figures fan the flames and advance their careers by spewing anti-immigration rhetoric.In death, Lucero became a symbol of everything that was wrong with our broken immigration system: fewer opportunities to obtain travel visas to the United States, porous borders, a growing dependency on cheap labor, and the rise of bigotry.Drawing on firsthand interviews and on-the-ground reporting, journalist Mirta Ojito has crafted an unflinching portrait of one community struggling to reconcile the hate and fear underlying the idyllic veneer of their all-American town. With a strong commitment to telling all sides of the story, Ojito unravels the engrossing narrative with objectivity and insight, providing an invaluable look at one of Americas most pressing issues.Reminds us how we might think of each other and how we treat all of our neighbors, whether or not they look like us. This is our human story.-Wes Moore, author of The Other Wes Moore. Seller Inventory # SONG0807001813
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